Mop-cleaning device



1 March 1931- w. H. WEIL 1,795,416

MOP CLEANING DE'VICE Filed Jan. 8, 19,30

ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES wit-uni PATENT OFFICE H.WEIL, OF HOLLIS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO STRANSKY PRODUCTS COR- PORATION,01 NEW YORK, N; Y.,

A CORPORATION. OF NEW YORK I MOP-CLEANING DEVICE Application filedJanuary 8,' 1930. Serial No. 119,219.

In mop cleaners it is customary to dump the collected dirt and dustdirectly out of the casing. This is unsanitary, allows the dust to flyabout in the air when dumped and pre- 5 sents other objections.

One of the ob'ects of the present invention is to overcome t ese defectsby the provision of a bag which is removable from the casing. The bagmay be inserted in the casing so as to constitute a lining therefor, acleaning means being located in and preferably fitted into the bag. Thedust and dirt then collected in the bag may be removed with less dangerof scattering, or the mouth of the bag may be closedand the bag thrownaway with its contents, with v the exception, of course, that thecleaning means if used are first removed from the bag before throwing itaway.

vide a sanitary mop cleaning device wherein the top of the casing ispractically sealed. except for a small opening left for the protrusionof the-handle of the mop.

With these and other objects in view, the

- invention consists of certain features of construction andcombinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed withreference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure '1 is a vertical sectional view of the complete device, showingthe head of a mop inserted therein;

device at right angles to Fig 1; and

' Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the preferred removable bag. t

The casing of the device may be of any suitable construction and asshown comprises side walls 10, 11, 12 and 13 preferably of sheet metaland which are arranged so as to provide a four-sided casing withrectangular c ners.

' The top of the casing is left open nd the other end is preferablyclosed by the bottom plate 14. The lower ends of the narrower sidewalls12,13 are extended downwardly below the bottom 14 of the casing so as toprovide supports 15, 16, for thereby supportingthe casing at somedistance above the a Other objects of the invention are toproillustrating one embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the floor. A foot rest 17 isprovided to enable the user of the device to hold it against movementupon the floor while the mop is being cleaned.

The top opening of the casing is closed by a cover 18 connected by ahinge 19 with the casing. Preferably the cover 18 is provided with aflange 20 so that when the cover is closed the flange will fit onto therim of the casing. Beyond the hinge 19 the cover is provided with atransverse slot or notch 21 forming anopening which may be long enoughto extend approximately half way across the cover, and through the saidopening the handle 22 of the mop extends when in use, while the mop head23 is located within the casing.

A bag 24 is provided, such for example I as shown in Fig. 3, and whendistended it is preferably but slightly smaller than the interior of thecasing so as to fit fairly snugly within the casing and to form a liningfor it. When the bag is distended it' is formed into rectangular cornerswhich fit in the rectangular corners of the casing. This bag may be ofany suitable material, but is preferably made of paper, although it maybe. made of more durable and permanent material, such for example asdust proof or waterproof. fabric so that a bag of flexible material isprovi e which may be fitted fairly snugly within t e casing. As shown,the bag 24- is provided with narrow flaps 25 at its mouth, and betweenthese flaps the adjacent side walls of the bag'car'ry wider fla s 26. Inuse the flaps 25 extend outward y' and the flaps 26 inwardly.

The bag is first fitted into the casing so that its mouth will lie atthe opening of the casing, and the flaps 25 are turned outwardly and theflaps 2,6 inwardly as shown in Figs.

2 and 1,respectively. To insert the mop the cover 18 is raised and thenclosed after insertion, so that the mop handle will extend through thetransverse open: g- 21 in the 'cover. When the cover is cl sed theflange 20'thereof will engage the outward flaps 25 and turn theminto theposition shown in Fig. 2, thereby partly sealing the joint :between thecover and the casing and serving ioo as means for sustaining the bagwithin the casing. The flaps 26 assist in preventing dust from comingout through the joint between the cover and the casing, while one of theflaps 26 extends under and partially closes the opening 21 so thatlittle, if any, dust is apt to rise through the small hole which is leftbetween that flap and the closed end of the notch or opening 21.

\Vithin the bag there is inserted a cleaning device which preferably hasmore or less of a snug fit within the bag. Such cleaning meanspreferably comprise two side wires 27, 27 which are connected byhorizontal wires 28 so as to form a grille or open work cleaner. Thewires 27 are preferably bent intermediately of their lengths so as toform laterally directed portions 29 which provide abutments through themedium of some of the wires 28 which connect said laterally bentportions. At their outer ends each of the wire-portions 29 may be bentdowncorner of the casing, that is with the stop provided by the bottom14, the connecting portions 29 form abutments against a further downwardmovement of the mop head. The upper end of each wire 27 is bentoutwardly as at 31 and the two wires connected by a cross-bar or member32, the preferred proportions between theinserted cleanin device and thebag being preferably such that when the lower end of the device is inengagement with the corresponding lower corner of the bag, thecross-wire 32 may be engaged just below an inward shoulder 33 which isformed at the upper end of the cor-v responding side wall 10 of thecasing.

The inserted cleaning device being preferably composed of spring wire,or at least so constructed'that the device has some resili- As the bagis made of any suitable fleitible material, it could even be made ofwaterproof or dust proof fabric, which will enable the bag to be usedover and over again and would last longer than if the bag were merelymade of paper. However, paper is preferred for the material of the bag,and even paper bags of the requiredtough quality may be used over andover again. If the bag is of a' cheap quality of paper it can be thrownaway together with its contents, after having first removed the grilleor cleaning device from the bag. After the ba has been emptied thegrille or cleaning evice, if it has been removed, may be again fittedtherein and the bag inserted in the casing. Of course the use of a bagin the manner shown and described keeps the outer casing practicallyclean on the inside, so that the trouble of cleaning it out is removed.

It is clear that various modifications can be made without departingfrom the invention, and it will be obvious that the casing does notnecessarily require a bottom such as 14., for all that is probablynecessary is a suitable simple 'stop at the lower end of the casing forthe engagement of'the leg or legs 30, the cleaning device being sprungin posi- "tion and held between the stop at the lower end of the casingand the shoulder which is located on the other side wall of the casing,at the top opening of the casing.

What I claim as new is, 1. In a mop cleaning device, the combination ofa casing having an opening for re ceiving the head of a mop, a shoulderbelow the opening, a removable liner in the form of a bag having aportion extending to the shoulder, and a cleaning device inserted in thebag and having a member cooperating with the shoulder to sustain the bagfrom its extended portion. 7

2. In a mop cleaning device, the combination of a casing having anopening for receiving the head of a mop, a shoulder below the opening, aremovable liner in the form of a bag having a portion extending to theshoulder, and a cleaning device inserted in the bag and having a springymember for clinching the extended portion against the shoulder.

3. In a mop cleaning device, the combina- I tion of a casing having atop opening for receiving the head of the mop, a removable liner in theform of a bag, the mouth of which bag is within the opening, meanswithin the bag for cleaning the mop, means for sustaining the bag fromits mouth portion, including flaps extending outwardly from the sides ofthe top of the bag and beyond the top opening and covering means at thetop opening for engaging the flaps.

4. In a mop cleaning device, the combination of'a casing having anopening for receiving the head of a mop, a removable liner in the formof a bag having its mouth at the opening, means fitted in the bag forcleaning the mop, means forsustaining the bag from its mouth portion, acover for the opening having an opening fof the handle of the mop, andinward flaps at the mouth of the bag and directly underneath the cover,one

of the flaps partially closing the opening in the cover.

5. In a the combination of a casin opening, a removable bag fitting inthe casing and having outward flaps to extend over the top edgeof thecasing, and a. flanged cover to close the opening and fit upon the topedge to bind the flaps in place between the cover and the casing, thecover having an opening for a handle and the bag having inward flaps atits mouth located directly underneath the cover, one of said flapsextending across and partially closing the opening in said cover.

' means for holding the cleaning means against 6. In a mop cleaningdevice, the combination of a casing having a top opening for receivingthe head of the mop, a removable liner consisting of a bag of flexiblematerial.

the mouth of which bag is at and within the top opening, the lower endof the casing, mechanical mop cleaning means inserted within the bag,

movement in the bag, and a cover for the casing, in engagement with themouth portion of the bag and suspending the bag in the casing. 7

WILLIAM H. WEIL.

device of the character described;

having a top and the bottom of which is at I

